I'd say, for me, it's cooking that gives me a space beyond music. I love food. And somehow, music and food go together so well. Cooking is very therapeutic. That preparation, the fragrance of spices, the wafting aromas - it just sweeps aside my depression, tiredness and name what you may.
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.